Monday, August 19, 2013

Archbishop: "Persecuted" Christians Should Grow Up

A Russian lawmaker has said the ‘gay propaganda’ law will remain enforced during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014.
Vitaly Milonov, co-sponsor of the ‘non-traditional relationships’ bill,
said the government cannot decide when to selectively enforce the law.
It comes as the International Olympic Committee said the Russian
government had ‘assured’ them all athletes and spectators will be safe
from arrest.
Speaking to Interfax and as translated by GSN, Milonov said: ‘I have
not heard any comments from the government of the Russian Federation but
I know it is acting in accordance with Russian law.
‘If a law has been approved by the federal legislature and signed by
the president, then the government has no right to suspend it. It
doesn’t have the authority.’
- See more at:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/russian-lawmaker-we-will-arrest-gay-athletes-tourists-olympic-games300713#sthash.VrsYwMs8.dpuf

Christians in Britain and the US who claim that they are persecuted
should "grow up" and not exaggerate what amounts to feeling "mildly
uncomfortable", according to Rowan Williams, who last year stepped down as archbishop of Canterbury after an often turbulent decade.

"When
you've had any contact with real persecuted minorities you learn to use
the word very chastely," he said. "Persecution is not being made to
feel mildly uncomfortable. 'For goodness sake, grow up,' I want to say."

True
persecution was "systematic brutality and often murderous hostility
that means that every morning you wonder if you and your children are
going to live through the day". He cited the experience of a woman he
met in India "who had seen her husband butchered by a mob".

A Russian lawmaker has said the ‘gay propaganda’ law will remain enforced during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014.
Vitaly Milonov, co-sponsor of the ‘non-traditional relationships’ bill,
said the government cannot decide when to selectively enforce the law.
It comes as the International Olympic Committee said the Russian
government had ‘assured’ them all athletes and spectators will be safe
from arrest.
Speaking to Interfax and as translated by GSN, Milonov said: ‘I have
not heard any comments from the government of the Russian Federation but
I know it is acting in accordance with Russian law.
‘If a law has been approved by the federal legislature and signed by
the president, then the government has no right to suspend it. It
doesn’t have the authority.’
- See more at:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/russian-lawmaker-we-will-arrest-gay-athletes-tourists-olympic-games300713#sthash.VrsYwMs8.dpuf

A Russian lawmaker has said the ‘gay propaganda’ law will remain enforced during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014.
Vitaly Milonov, co-sponsor of the ‘non-traditional relationships’ bill,
said the government cannot decide when to selectively enforce the law.

It comes as the International Olympic Committee said the Russian
government had ‘assured’ them all athletes and spectators will be safe
from arrest.
Speaking to Interfax and as translated by GSN, Milonov said: ‘I have
not heard any comments from the government of the Russian Federation but
I know it is acting in accordance with Russian law.
‘If a law has been approved by the federal legislature and signed by
the president, then the government has no right to suspend it. It
doesn’t have the authority.’
- See more at:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/russian-lawmaker-we-will-arrest-gay-athletes-tourists-olympic-games300713#sthash.VrsYwMs8.dpuf

A Russian lawmaker has said the ‘gay propaganda’ law will remain enforced during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014.
Vitaly Milonov, co-sponsor of the ‘non-traditional relationships’ bill,
said the government cannot decide when to selectively enforce the law.
It comes as the International Olympic Committee said the Russian
government had ‘assured’ them all athletes and spectators will be safe
from arrest.
Speaking to Interfax and as translated by GSN, Milonov said: ‘I have
not heard any comments from the government of the Russian Federation but
I know it is acting in accordance with Russian law.
‘If a law has been approved by the federal legislature and signed by
the president, then the government has no right to suspend it. It
doesn’t have the authority.’
- See more at:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/russian-lawmaker-we-will-arrest-gay-athletes-tourists-olympic-games300713#sthash.VrsYwMs8.dpuf